A Wyoming committee on Friday approved a bill that would cut wait times for some felons to regain their right to vote. The state Joint Judiciary Committee passed a measure that the legislature will take up early next year, according to the Casper Star Tribune. If passed, the bill would get rid of a five-year waiting period for those either convicted of a single nonviolent felony or multiple nonviolent felonies related to the same event.

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